Britain to Sell U S Securities to Finance War
Britain plans to raise dollars for war purchases by selling British owned and controlled businesses in the United States and U S companies controlled by Britons. Treasury records say a large portion of gold holdings have already been realized and U S securities are being disposed of as available. Sir Edward Peacock will travel to the United States to assess on the spot the possibilities of selling these investments and assets to the highest bidders.
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London
Britain
United States
Treasury
America
Edward Peacock
Stock Exchange
United States of America
Sir Edward Peacock
Raeder urges quick naval strike on Britain
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder called for a bold German assault on the British Isles. He urged dock workers to harness unity to attack vital nerves of Britain and dismissed U S aid as a begging spectacle while pledging relentless action.
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Britain
London
Erich Raeder
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Admiral Raeder
Dmiral Raeder
British Isles
South Africa accepts 20000 Italian prisoners for Cape Town
The South African government agreed to accommodate 20,000 Italian prisoners from the western desert campaign in Cape Town to spare ships needed to transport them to Italy. The decision aims to reduce naval deployment and safeguard shipping resources during wartime.
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Cape Town
De Valera Urges Ireland to Prepare for Worst Over Supplies
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera radioed the nation urging readiness for hardship as wartime blockades threaten imports. Tea and gasoline are rationed, with limits set for adults and children. wheat reserves are thin and farmers warned to boost fodder while cattle slaughter may rise.
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Com Creme
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Fire By Radio
Erie
de Valera
Eire
Press Censorship Bans War Reports from Ireland
The Eire government enacts emergency wartime censorship forbidding correspondents to send uncensored reports abroad. Transmission by post telegraph or telephone is prohibited without prior authorization. Violations risk serious consequences.
Plan to Draft Women for War Factories in Britain
Representatives from the capital, labor, and the government outlined a plan to draft thousands of single women 18 and over from various living quarters into war factories. The broad principles were agreed in a meeting with Minister of Labor Bevin, Sir Andrew Duncan, A. W. Alexander, Lord Beaverbrook, and Oliver Lyttleton.
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London
Great Britain
Ernest Bevin
Andrew Duncan
A. W. Alexander
The
Admiralty
Lord Beaverbrook
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Dafoe Hospital Sees 250000 Visitors To Dionne Quintuplets
Dr A R Dafoe, physician to the Dionne quintuplets, reported that about 250000 people visited the Dafoe hospital in Callander Ontario during 1940 to view the six year old quintuplets.
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Quints Callander
A. R. Dafoe
Dafoe Hospital
Death of Sir William Llewellyn Royal Academy President
London artist and Royal Academy president Sir William Llewellyn died here. Renowned for portraits of Queen Mary, one such portrait was acquired by the state.
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London
William Llewellyn
Royal Academy
Mary
Six Provinces Making Guns Ottawa
The munitions and supply department announces Canada will manufacture guns and armament for the British admiralty in six provinces at a capital outlay of 17,538,304. Work includes four gun barrel plants in Quebec two in Alberta and one in British Columbia with the Dominion Bridge Company plant at Burnaby renovated for 5,000,000. The Royal Canadian Navy will buy some production as plant extensions proceed and annual output is projected in the tens of millions, near 10,000,000.
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Ottawa
Royal Navy
Canada
British Admiralty
Munitions and Supply Department
Royal Canadian Navy
Howe
Alberta
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Dominion Bridge Company
Burnaby
Vancouver
Morgenthau says Canada has dollar assets to meet war aid
Secretary Morgenthau testified to the Senate committee that Canada possesses enough dollar assets to cover its war equipment commitments in the United States for the rest of the year. Canadian wheat in store on January 24 reached 495,841,577 bushels, up from January 17 and well above last year’s level.
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Washington
United States
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Government drives to purge aliens from Latin American branches
Washington reports a vigorous U S government campaign to have American firms remove anti American or pro Axis personnel from Latin American subsidiaries. The State Department and other agencies press export industries to aid in this house cleaning following confidential reports of subversive activity in twenty republics. A list of suspect individuals and firms has been compiled for action.
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Washington
United States
Republis
State Department
Pension For Hertzog Londons
The government of the Union of South Africa granted J. 8 years old? retired statesman Hertzog an annual pension of 2000 pounds. Gen Hertzog resigned from parliament in 1940 and led the Nationalist party before 1988. Smuts supported war. Hertzog favored neutrality. In The Hague postinvasion life featured street encounters between Dutch and National Socialist supporters. Britain reported unexploded missiles killed 12 and injured six last week.
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Hertzog
Union of South Africa
British Broadcasting Corporation
Cape Town
Hertzgg
van Smuts
Nationalist
New York
Netherlands
National Socialist Bund
Walter R. van Lianden
San Francisco
The
Hague
van Lianden
Spain
London
Britain
Early Invasion Plans May Have To Be Abandoned
A British military authority notes potential German delays in a cross channel invasion to aid Italy and Balkans missions. The report cites German divisions in Romania and airfield preparations, with possible moves toward Salonika and a strategy to seal Mediterranean shipping, while Britain prepares defense along the southeast coast and considers countermeasures with Allied support.
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Great Britain
Balkans
Channel
United States
Britain
Eire
Wash
Southampton
Spain
Gibraltar
North
Africa
France
Turkey
Salonika
Ottawa wheat plan seeks compromise rather than coercion
Ottawa considers a wheat solution using compromise over coercion. The plan proposes a guaranteed price of about 85 cents per bushel, government purchase of 230 to 250 million bushels, and a 50 cent per bushel processing tax on domestically milled flour to recover the price. Western growers would handle surplus beyond the agreed purchase quantity.
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Ottawa
Canada
Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
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